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Israel will give Syrian ‘internal security forces’ 48 hours to operate in Sweida, Israeli official says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Israel is allowing Syrian “internal security forces” to enter the Sweida Governate for 48 hours, an Israeli official says, citing ongoing unrest in southern Syria.
Israel has said it would not allow regime military forces south of Damascus, which could be the reason it is calling them “internal security forces” in its statement.
Government forces withdrew from Sweida on Wednesday night, saying they had reached a ceasefire with local Druze forces.
But fighting in Sweida appears to have continued, with a Bedouin military commander telling Reuters that Bedouin fighters had launched a new offensive against Druze fighters.
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